Brief Life History of Thomas
Thomas Pearson was born in 1839, in England, United Kingdom. He married Anna Stoddard on 1 December 1860, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He died on 7 April 1880, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 41.
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- Thomas Pearson, "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995"
- Thomas Pierson, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
- Thomas Pearson in entry for Nellie M Pearson, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · State Capital Moves to Lansing
Detroit fought to maintain the Capitol within its jurisdiction, but communities in the growing western part of the state had reasons for wanting a move inland. This move would make the Capitol more easily defensible in case of another war between the British and the U.S. like that of the War of 1812. Proponents of moving the capitol also sought to make the government more accessible to the people throughout the state. Construction began in 1847 on a temporary state capitol building in Lansing. It was a simple two-story wood frame structure, painted white with green wooden shutters and topped by a tin cupola. The building was sold when the permanent capitol building opened in 1879 and, like the first capitol, it was later destroyed by a fire in 1882.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Per(e) or Piers (see Pear and Pierce ) + son. The surname is also quite common in Ireland, where it has been established for many centuries. Compare Peerson .
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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